Any Hubs to Close? - Brown Cafe

g l · 02-19-2009, 03:43 AM

I've heard rumors that UPS may be thinking about closing a air hub. Anyone know if there is any truth to this and which Hubs they may consider closing?

g l · 02-19-2009, 02:05 PM

i take it no one else has heard any of this?

westsideworma · 02-19-2009, 02:08 PM

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i take it no one else has heard any of this?

I heard something about Dallas/Forth Worth was eliminating their air sort and moving it to louisville, but the rest of the sorts would run the same. nothing about hubs closing entirely though.

tim100 · 02-19-2009, 02:47 PM

wchpa to close soon

g l · 02-19-2009, 03:15 PM

i heard talk of rockford closing with there flights moving to louisville and chicago and leaving rockford as just a ground facility.

BURMDPsupe · 02-19-2009, 03:16 PM

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wchpa to close soon

Really? Relocate some jobs to Harpa or Willow Grove?

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BrownSuit · 02-19-2009, 04:00 PM

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i heard talk of rockford closing with there flights moving to louisville and chicago and leaving rockford as just a ground facility.

I heard the entire company was closing and selling everything to FedEx. Are you sure you aren't a troll? My Troll Sense is going off here people . . .

Red Dawn · 02-19-2009, 07:18 PM

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I heard something about Dallas/Forth Worth was eliminating their air sort and moving it to louisville, but the rest of the sorts would run the same. nothing about hubs closing entirely though.

i work at dfw airport..shut down only midnight sort as of feb. 12 was last night. this was in the works for years. from what i heard was now that Louisville had completed expansion they took our flights.

g l · 02-19-2009, 07:32 PM

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I heard the entire company was closing and selling everything to FedEx. Are you sure you aren't a troll? My Troll Sense is going off here people . . .

its what aircraft maintenence is talking about i figured i'd come here and see if anyone heard anything cause it freaked me out when i heard it. I also hear rfd will be down to 13 flights by april.

Buffaloaf · 02-19-2009, 07:52 PM

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i heard talk of rockford closing with there flights moving to louisville and chicago and leaving rockford as just a ground facility.

I havn't heard anything about this at all. I suppose it could happen, as Rfd night volume has only been an average of 100k the past two weeks; however, we're still doing okay on production goals (have made it every week, but barely). Also, the Rfd building would not be a good building to convert into a "ground hub" as it was designed specifically to be an air hub...there are only about 30 feeder bays on the wall.

drewed · 02-19-2009, 08:14 PM

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I havn't heard anything about this at all. I suppose it could happen, as Rfd night volume has only been an average of 100k the past two weeks; however, we're still doing okay on production goals (have made it every week, but barely). Also, the Rfd building would not be a good building to convert into a "ground hub" as it was designed specifically to be an air hub...there are only about 30 feeder bays on the wall.

And if they did close the air, wouldnt htye just push the ground through CACH?

Buffaloaf · 02-20-2009, 08:06 AM

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And if they did close the air, wouldnt htye just push the ground through CACH?

Yeah, either CACHE Sunrise or Addison Night..I think. That would basically leave the RFD Preload and Sunrise. As far as I know too, RFD is one of the few air hubs that can service International packages, so that is one of the other benefits to keeping it up.

g l · 02-22-2009, 12:56 AM

so you guys think the UPS Hubs are all pretty safe? How do they rank from most to least productive?

rod · 02-22-2009, 06:23 AM

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How do they rank from most to least productive?

Who ever asks that question is always the least productive. You don't think UPS is going to pat anyone on the back and say "good job" do you?

silly rabbit

UPSAOT · 02-22-2009, 06:52 AM

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i heard talk of rockford closing with there flights moving to louisville and chicago and leaving rockford as just a ground facility.

That wouldn't make much sense-RFD has way more capacity to handle more flights plus ORD doesn't do int'l flights. Any kind of officiality to this rumor?

MechanicForBrown · 02-22-2009, 10:41 AM

I was told by my automotive sup on Thursday of this past week that they closed a UPS Freight Hub in Texas because of no volume to support it being open.

BLACKBOX · 02-22-2009, 12:25 PM

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I was told by my automotive sup on Thursday of this past week that they closed a UPS Freight Hub in Texas because of no volume to support it being open.

I find that hard to believe especially since most of the automotive parts are made across the border there using cheap labor.

Buffaloaf · 02-22-2009, 12:31 PM

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That wouldn't make much sense-RFD has way more capacity to handle more flights plus ORD doesn't do int'l flights. Any kind of officiality to this rumor?

Bump this. Not to mention, O'Hare is about 1/100th the size of the Rockford hub. I think the biggest thing they do in O'Hare is have EAM shuttles roll in from different parts of the Chicago land and pick up the EAMs.

I load some packages · 02-22-2009, 01:11 PM

There are rumors floating around the Davenport hub that the entire place may close down and Chicago would just take the extra 50k/day volume

g l · 02-26-2009, 02:45 PM

send the extra 50k/day to RFD!!

UPS Guy 2 · 06-19-2009, 04:17 AM

anything new on closings?

herbigharo32 · 06-19-2009, 06:30 AM

It is rumored that the DFW air sort will be closing the day shift within a year. When that happens, there will be Sunrise and Twilight. The hub will run two large shifts. So, the sunrise shift will look more like twighlight in terms of total volume count.

thelus · 06-19-2009, 08:48 AM

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i heard talk of rockford closing with there flights moving to louisville and chicago and leaving rockford as just a ground facility.

lol i herd they are going to close CACH and move everything onto the Addison night sort

UPS Guy 2 · 06-19-2009, 10:46 AM

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so you guys think the UPS Hubs are all pretty safe? How do they rank from most to least productive?

no joke, rfd will close by early 2010

H_E_Pennypacker · 06-19-2009, 10:58 AM

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wchpa to close soon

The whole building? Its not a hub, they only have a Pre and Twi. WCHPA has a big preload/delivery area; which building is going to take those four centers?